Walworth (London County Council constituency)

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Walworth
Former constituency
for the London County Council
Former constituency
Created1889
Abolished1919
Member(s)2
Replaced bySouthwark South East

Walworth was a constituency used for elections to the London County Council between 1889 and 1919. The seat shared boundaries with the UK Parliament constituency of the same name.

Councillors

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Year Name Party Name Party
1889 John Marsland Progressive William Saunders Progressive
1895 Richard Parker Progressive Russell Spokes Progressive
1904 Arthur William Jephson Progressive
1906 James Dawes Progressive Charles Jesson Progressive

Election results

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1898 London County Council election: Walworth[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Russell Spokes 2,172
Progressive Richard Parker 2,166
Moderate Hugh Hole 1,229
Moderate Thomas Brooke-Hitching 1,292
Progressive hold Swing
1901 London County Council election: Walworth[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Russell Spokes 2,607 33.8 +2.5
Progressive Richard Parker 2,566 33.3 +2.0
Conservative Selwyn Joseph Willis 1,251 16.2 −2.5
Conservative Richard Edgcumbe 1,239 16.2 −1.9
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing +2.2
1904 London County Council election: Walworth[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Russell Spokes 2,484
Progressive Arthur William Jephson 2,425
Conservative J. Youldon 1,754
Conservative Porter Smith 1,641
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1907 London County Council election: Walworth[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Arthur Dawes 2,823
Progressive Charles Jesson 2,819
Municipal Reform F. Oldfield 2,337
Municipal Reform Collingwood Sproule 2,235
Social Democratic Federation J. Clarke 187
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1910 London County Council election: Walworth[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Arthur Dawes 2,981
Progressive Charles Jesson 2,868
Municipal Reform Frederick Bird 2,029
Municipal Reform Collingwood Sproule 1,980
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Walworth[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Arthur Dawes 2,575
Progressive Charles Jesson 2,476
Municipal Reform Frederick Bird 2,199
Municipal Reform G. Aspinall 2,114
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
Progressive hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "London County Council election: results of the polling". The Times. 26 February 1898.
  2. ^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
  3. ^ "London County Council election". The Times. 7 March 1904.
  4. ^ "London County Council election: great Municipal Reform victory". The Times. 4 March 1907.
  5. ^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
  6. ^ London Municipal Notes, 1913
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